Mind Games [A Wolverine/X-Men Fan Fiction] #Wattys2014

Chapter One: Perfect Day

|Chapter One: Perfect Day|

The day came off as normal to most of the students and teachers at the institute-well, as normal as it could get for them. Nothing bad happened the entire day. No one lost control, no one got hurt-the day seemed perfect.

Almost too perfect.

Xavier sat by his window almost the whole day, leaving the classes he had to someone else. He felt something and he didn't know how to feel about it. No one else felt this way but him, and if felt mocking. His hands were together under his chin as he stared out into the small woods that hid the school as if he were waiting for someone or something to come out.

"You know, this is the first time I've been able to sneak up on you. Either you're losing your powers or something is wrong." A voice from behind him made him jolt slightly and turn around.

His composure was soon back to its usual calm self. He appeared calm, but the man who stood before him was right. No one had ever been able to sneak on him or get that close to him, except if they had some way of blocking him, which he obviously didn't.

"Professor?"

He blinked, noticing he had been staring. He cleared his throat before he spoke, "I'm sorry. Do you need anything, Scott?" he asked. The man in casual clothes with visors on raised his eyebrow at the professor in the wheelchair. He could clearly see his uneasiness.

"Is something wrong? You look... bothered."

The Professor shook his head, but not to disagree with Scott. "Something is wrong, Scott. I don't know what, but something feels off."

"Yeah, I hear you. Today was so perfect. It's weird, but we should enjoy it. Days like this don't come so much. I think this is a first, isn't it?"

"Yes, it is. Which makes it ever stranger."

"Then, what do you think it is?"

The Professor shook his head again. "I don't know." They stood in silence for a while. Scott mostly stared at the professor. He had never seen the professor so upset before. It made him feel weird because the professor was almost like a father to him, like he was to most of the students and teachers. The Professor just looked at the floor, seeming to have forgotten that Scott was even in the same room as him.

There was a knock at the door that looked as though it brought the professor back to life. Scott looked at him curiously. To him, it looked like something more was bothering him, but he was the last person who would be able to read Xavier to find out what exactly was wrong.

"You may come in!" the Professor called.

The door opened and a woman with long white hair walked in. She looked at Scott momentarily before giving the professor a full on worried look. He had tried to mask his worry with a calm face, but she could see right past it.

"Professor? Are you alright?" she asked. Scott and the professor looked at each other, earning a strange look from Ororo.

"Yes, I'm fine." He sighed. She stayed quiet for a while, giving Xavier the same look that Scott had been giving him. Beginning to feel slightly annoyed, the professor spoke, "Is there something you want, Ororo?"

"Yes..." she said slowly, unsure if she should pursue him in trying to find out what was wrong. "We, uh, we found a girl." The professor raised an eyebrow.

"She's somewhat new and not new at the same time. Logan just found her a while ago running around and hiding in the lowest level of the institute. She said she doesn't remember who she is or how she got here. We were hoping you could probably get some information out of her..." she explained.